Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. ألم تر إلى الذين يزعمون أنهم آمنوا بما أنزل إليك وما أنزل من قبلك يريدون أن يتحاكموا إلى الطاغوت وقد أمروا أن يكفروا به ويريد الشيطان أن يضلهم ضلالا بعيدا

   60

   Have you not regarded those who claim that they believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you? They desire to seek the judgment of fake deities, though they were commanded to reject them, and Satan desires to lead them astray into far error.

   ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna yazʿumūna ʾannahum ʾāmanū bi-mā ʾunzila ʾilayka wa-mā ʾunzila min qablika yurīdūna ʾan yataḥākamū ʾilā ṭ-ṭāghūti wa-qad ʾumirū ʾan yakfurū bihī wa-yurīdu sh-shayṭānu ʾan yuḍillahum ḍalālan baʿīdan

2. وإذا قيل لهم تعالوا إلى ما أنزل الله وإلى الرسول رأيت المنافقين يصدون عنك صدودا

   61

   When they are told, ‘Come to what Allah has sent down and [come] to the Apostle,’ you see the hypocrites keep away from you aversely.

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ʾilā mā ʾanzala llāhu wa-ʾilā r-rasūli raʾayta l-munāfiqīna yaṣuddūna ʿanka ṣudūdan

3. فكيف إذا أصابتهم مصيبة بما قدمت أيديهم ثم جاءوك يحلفون بالله إن أردنا إلا إحسانا وتوفيقا

   62

   But how will it be when an affliction visits them because of what their hands have sent ahead? Then they will come to you, swearing by Allah, ‘We desired nothing but to do good and to bring about comity.’

   fa-kayfa ʾidhā ʾaṣābathum muṣībatun bi-mā qaddamat ʾaydīhim thumma jāʾūka yaḥlifūna bi-llāhi ʾin ʾaradnā ʾillā ʾiḥsānan wa-tawfīqan

4. أولئك الذين يعلم الله ما في قلوبهم فأعرض عنهم وعظهم وقل لهم في أنفسهم قولا بليغا

   63

   They are the ones whom Allah knows as to what is in their hearts. So let them alone, and advise them, and speak to them concerning themselves far-reaching words.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna yaʿlamu llāhu mā fī qulūbihim fa-ʾaʿriḍ ʿanhum wa-ʿiẓhum wa-qul lahum fī ʾanfusihim qawlan balīghan

5. وما أرسلنا من رسول إلا ليطاع بإذن الله ولو أنهم إذ ظلموا أنفسهم جاءوك فاستغفروا الله واستغفر لهم الرسول لوجدوا الله توابا رحيما

   64

   We did not send any apostle but to be obeyed by Allah’s leave. Had they, when they wronged themselves, come to you and pleaded to Allah for forgiveness, and the Apostle had pleaded for them [to Allah]for forgiveness, they would have surely found Allah all-clement, all-merciful.

   wa-mā ʾarsalnā min rasūlin ʾillā li-yuṭāʿa bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-law ʾannahum ʾidh ẓalamū ʾanfusahum jāʾūka fa-staghfarū llāha wa-staghfara lahumu r-rasūlu la-wajadū llāha tawwāban raḥīman

6. فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجا مما قضيت ويسلموا تسليما

   65

   But no, by your Lord! They will not believe until they make you a judge in their disputes, then do not find within their hearts any dissent to your verdict and submit in full submission.

   fa-lā wa-rabbika lā yuʾminūna ḥattā yuḥakkimūka fī-mā shajara baynahum thumma lā yajidū fī ʾanfusihim ḥarajan mimmā qaḍayta wa-yusallimū taslīman